Tufting-needle.



0. W. S'ELLSTEDT.

TUPTING NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 190B.

Patented July 26, 1910.

dammed:

M W W CARL W. SELLS'IEDT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-MALE TO JOHN 1. LINDQUIST, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

TUFTING-NEEDLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL IV. SELLsrEnr, a subject of the King of Sweden,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tufting-Needles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved tufting devicefor producing nap on the surface of thin fabric; and to this end itconsists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, showingthe improved device in operation, the needle thereof being withdrawnfrom the fabric. Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, but showingthe device with its needle inserted through the fabric and with someparts broken away. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device, some partsbeing broken away. Fig. I is a horizontal section on the line 122* x ofFig. l; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line m 00 ofFig. 3.

To a suitable handle 1 is secured a depending tubular needle 2 and a pin3. The needle 2 is longer than the pin 3, and the tubular passagetherethrough is open near its upper and lower extremities or on its rearside, or that side which is adjacent to the pin 3. At its upper end, thehandle 1 is provided with an upwardly projecting stem at. l

The character y indicates the fabric and the character 11/ the yarn ormaterial used for tufting and which is threaded through the tubularneedle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Preferably the tubular needle 2 istriangular in cross section, as shown in Fig. 4, while the pin 3, whichis of very much smaller diameter, is round.

To limit the movements of the needle and pin through the fabric, a stopdevice, preferably in the form of aspring bar 5 having laterally bentends 6 and 7, is provided. The bent upper end 7 works on the stem 4,

Specification of Letters Patent.

App1ication-filed June 25, 1908.

Patented July 26, 1910. Serial No. 440,327.

while the bent lower end 6 works on the needle 2 and pin 3. Theintermediate portion of the spring bar 5 is thus held in closeengagement with the handle 1, and at its intermediate portion it isprovided with several perforations 8, through which a pin 9 on the saidhandle is adapted to project to adjustably secure the stop in differentpositions, so as to variably limit the movement of the needle throughthe fabric.

WVhen the device is moved downward from the position shown in Fig. 1,the needle 2 first passes through the fabric y, and immediatelyfollowing the same, the pin 3 passes through the yarn 3 which has justbeen withdrawn from the needle and which is pressed against the fabricand also passed through the fabric, thereby holding the yarn so that thedownwardmovement of the needle can not withdraw the tufts or stitchespreviously made through the fabric. There will, of course, beconsiderable friction be tween the yarn and the needle, so that theaction of the pin 3 in positively holding the applied portion of theyarn to the fabric and thereby causing the yarn to be positively drawnthrough the needle under its downward movement, is very important. IVhenthe needle is drawn upward, that portion of the yarn which is on theoutside of the needle will be looped upon itself and partly drawn backthrough the fabric, as the needle is moved forward to make its next:stitch or tuft; but the amount of yarn that will be drawn through theneedle and, hence, the

length of the tuft, will depend on the position of the stop 6, it beingassumed, of course, that the needle is forced downward as far aspermitted by the said stop. The tufts will be considerably less in depththan the amountof yarn drawn through the needle at each downwardmovement.

The device above described is capable of large range of use. It may beused in making mats, rugs, etc., and it may also be used in stitchingornamental designs on fabrics. Furthermore, the device, while highlyefiicient for the purposes had in view, is of very small cost.

What I claim is:

In a device of the kind described, the combination with a hand-piecehaving a depending needle and pin independently and rigidly securedthereto and also having an upwardly projecting stem, of a spring stopbarbent laterally at both ends and provided forations in the intermediateportion of said With a single perforation in each laterally springstop-bar, substantially as described. 10 bent end, the said needle andpin projecting In testimony whereof I aifix my signature through one ofsaid perforations and the in presence of two Witnesses.

said stem projecting through the other of CARL WV. SELLSTEDT.

said perforations for guiding the spring Vitnesses:

stop-bar, and said hand-piece having a lat- HARRY D. KILG RE,

erally projecting pin engageable With per- M. E. RoNEY.

